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Wildfires in Ben Arous
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 186 km² of Ben Arous at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21 km², ranking 13th of 23 regions of Tunisia.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2014, with 46 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 8.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 44% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
June, July and August together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 September 2014, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 186 km² with at least one detection, 7.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 139 | 75% |
| 2 years | 33 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10 | 5.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 4.0 | 2.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, 10.25 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 41 | 44 |
| 2013 | 31 | 60 |
| 2014 | 46 | 211 |
| 2015 | 11 | 113 |
| 2016 | 17 | 89 |
| 2017 | 24 | 118 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 145 |
| 2019 | 19 | 100 |
| 2020 | 12 | 113 |
| 2021 | 18 | 107 |
| 2022 | 36 | 124 |
| 2023 | 11 | 153 |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 105 |
| 2025 | 8.9 | 82 |
Other regions of Tunisia
- Bizerte157 km² in an average year
- Beja122 km² in an average year
- Jendouba95 km² in an average year
- Kasserine72 km² in an average year
- Le Kef59 km² in an average year
- Tataouine48 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.